Endorsement

=__**Endorsement for Coaches**__=


 * Areas of Focus:** Credentialing coaches to work in Pennsylvania schools.


 * Committee Tasks:** Explore developing an endorsement for coaching that will meet the needs of current coaches that have been trained in PDE, IU or University programs and coaches coming through future training programs.


 * Chairperson:** Holly Jobe

Rita Bean ritabean@pitt.edu Holly Jobe c-hjobe@state.pa.us Tiz Powers epowers@ceee.gwu.edu Sharon Kletzien skletzien@wcupa.edu Cindy Anderson cindy_anderson@iu13.org Rhonda Sutton rhondas@po-box.esu.edu Sandi Sheppeard ssheppeard@passhe.edu Jarol Devoge devogej@iu1.k12.pa.us
 * Committee Members:**

PDE Certification Members: Terry Barnaby tbarnaby@state.pa.us Barb Siefert bseifert@state.pa.us Christina Balmer cbaumer@state.pa.us Mary Herster mherster@state.pa.us


 * Priority Tasks:**

1- Identify areas of coach endorsement 2. Identify prerequisites for certain coach endorsements 3. Identify and recommend for approval minimum competencies for coach endorsement 4. Meet with certification personnel at PDE

June 2009
 * Timeline for Tasks:**

**Resources for Committee Work:**
[|Instructional_Coach_Endorsement6-10-09.doc]

[|Instructional_Coach_Endorsement5-22.doc]

[|Instructional_Coach_Endorsement5-20.doc]

[|Instructional_Coach_Endorsement4-17-09Kletzien.doc]

[|Instructional_Coach_Endorsement4-2-09.doc]

[|Instructional-Coach-Endorsement.doc]


 * [|49.62b Endorsement code.doc]

Ins[|tructional-Coach-Endorsement-Minimum-CompetenciesDec07.doc]

[|Instructional-Coaching-Endorsement-Program-Approval-Rubric.doc]

[|Questions for Endorsement Committee.doc]

[|Endorsement Diagram.doc]

[|PDE CCB Website - Coaching Endorsement Post]

[|PDE CCB Website]

[|Article with Suggestions for Coaching Practicum] "Preparing reading specialists to be literacy coaches: Principles, practices, possibilities" Michael Shaw 2007 Journal of Language Literacy and Education - Online.**


 * [|Standards for Middle and High School Literacy Coaches]**


 * [|The Role and Qualifications of the Reading Coach in the United States]**


 * [|IRA Standards for Reading Professionals]**

[|InstructionalCoachingPracticumExperienceRevised.doc]
 * [|Elementary and Secondary Literacy Coaches Revised.doc]**

Meeting Notes
[|CoachingPhoneConf-2009-0211.doc]

[|Endorsement Con Call 2-26-09.doc]